NAEB Newsletter (May 15, 1940)

Office of Executive Secretary
Urbana, Illinois
May 15, 1940

LISTENERS APPRAISE A COLLEGE STATION

That 5 s the title of the current publication of the Federal Radio
Education Committee, published in co-operation with the United States
Office of Education* The station Is WOI. There 5 s a lot of pertinent
material in the publication and if you don’t have a copy, you should get
one* If you hetve one and have overlooked reading it, pick it up now
in your spare time*

LISTENER SURVEY IN INDIANA

A review of a large radio listener survey made in? p ^°^ m ?ndiLa is

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seen it yet personally*

FM APPLICATION BY MICHI GAN

Waldo Abbot , Director of Broadcast ing Service at the Unive^^y^^ ^

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Columbus earlier this month•
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Unuer the heading listed above, ^ ? ^ttcle’in the Kay issue of
KOAO, Oregon Stste Col-ege, ha _ a ^ find, this interesting

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ttt:F.RTCAN EIKICATI OQgSS.

Education for fehe Comr.on Defe " s ®^ 1 ^® Iduoation^ek^November
twentieth annual observance of America id • - . f the National

10 - 16. Willard E. Oivens, executive secre^y^ ^ ^ a renl
Education Association, says thc.t a^i dU ring the present world
service to the common defense in Amer „ t NEA headquarters,

!T;,,ntTon » Oonrolete information is available av

120 l'sixteenth°Street,, K.*., Washington, D.O.

' *NAEB NEWS LETTER, «..MAY 15, 1940.•..Page 2
FCC APPOINTMENTS

The Federal Communications Commission has announced the appointment
of Telford Taylor as general counsel, to succeed William J* Dempsey
upon the latter 8 s entering private practice*, 12r* Taylor, \7ho is a
special assistant to the Attorney General, joined the Commission 1 s
legal staff immediately as special counsel*,

The FCC also announced the appointment of Joseph L* Rauh, Jr*, as
assistant general counsel, to succeed William C* Koplovitz, 1^'r. Rauh
has resignee as assistant general counsel of the Wage and Hour
Division of the Department of Labor to assist Telford Taylor who,
on May 6, was announced to become general counsel of the Commission,
vice William J 8 Dempsey, who will enter private practice with Lr.
Koplovitz®

KFUO MOVES FORWARD

On Aoril 32, the Board of Control of Concordia Seminary and the
KFUO Radio Committee in a Joint meeting resolved to apoly for a new
frenuencv namely 830 kilocycles* This was a result oi an amicable
agreement * between KFUO and KSD* The Federal Oom^nl cat:
too, was very desirous of finding a solution to the |t. Louis proolem.
Therefore, on Kay 3 the Commission assigned the new ^equency to o
without a hearing to become effective no later,*» *£* *• sharin
have unlimited time on the frequency 550, which we nave oeen oho c

with them for many years*

FCC ACTIONS

WCAD, st. Lawrence University, Canton, No
temperary permission to operate 9 a.m* to
order to broadcast Moving-Up Exercises at

T* was granted special .
18? 30 p,sio on May 18th in
the University*(Lay 13).

WHA, University of Wisconsin, applied to modification of license to
change frequency from 940 kc» to 830 kc*

•REMEMBER FALL MEETING

Remember, the Fall co n v en ti o n wlll be held Septeml>er 6 &nd l in
Chicago in accordance with action taken Lay 1 at Coiumous.

Frank E. Schooley
Executive Secretary

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at the Wisconsin Historical Society as part of
"Unlocking the Airwaves: Revitalizing an Early Public and Educational Radio Collection."

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